Grain secures additional £130m to accelerate full-fibre rollout
The UK-based provider secured the funding through a £110m bank facility, with an initial tranche of £40m from Nord L/B.
The UK-based provider secured the funding through a £110m bank facility, with an initial tranche of £40m from Nord L/B.
The German fibre network provider will leverage the network to enable sustainable business growth while managing costs and environmental considerations.
The move comes after the fibre provider passed 600,000 premises on its fibre optic network.
Ofcom says that this is thanks to competition and investment from network builders.
The UK fibre providers, owned by Fern Trading, are merging to help accelerate full-fibre delivery in the country.
The UK fibre provider has selected passive muxes paired with DCP-F amplifiers and 400G optics from Smartoptics for the upgrade.
The company has introduced PON technology in Bulgaria’s capital to provide a more efficient and scalable network.
The network provider aims to bring fibre broadband to an additional 30,000 customers in 2023.
The move will help Telefonica Spain get the network ready for future applications such as the Metaverse
The trial could pave the way for fibre services up to 10Gb/s.
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